Reposted by Dave VersaceArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 13harstechnica.comCommand-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27The tool can free up over 12GB of storage. 13483198
Reposted by Dave VersaceGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5438011142
Reposted by Dave VersaceNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds. 268196336042
Reposted by Dave VersacePearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 03/10/2026Children overboard was not simply a “miscommunication”. A Senate inquiry found Peter Reith deceived Australians and Cabinet blocked key staff from giving evidence, Marianne Van Galen Dickie and Andrew Bartlett write. #auspol #Refugees Parliament of Australia 25124
Reposted by Dave VersaceK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026"LLMs are just computers doing Algebra for fascists" is a completely correct take and the only examples anyone provides for why agentic AI is good are basically "it allows me to fuck off at work". 317233
Reposted by Dave Versacehammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow 357207995005
Reposted by Dave VersaceSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"The important question is not which faction supplies the next PM. It is what substantially different Australia any of the factions proposes to create. ...the problems confronting government are becoming larger as its political imagination becomes smaller." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...pearlsandirritations.comLabor’s Left has won the party. So what happened to the Left?Labor’s Left has the prime minister, the numbers and formidable control of the party machinery. What it lacks is a program for changing Australia. After decades spent accumulating power, the bigger qu... 73614
Reposted by Dave VersaceBen Robbins is launching M2 @lamemage.com · 30/09/2026In one week I click the button and let slip the dogs of fractal history… Tuesday October 6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...kickstarter.comComing soon: Microscope (2nd Edition)The fractal game of epic histories 3237105
Reposted by Dave VersaceAftermath @aftermath.site · 28/09/2026Slow Roads is a game for drivers, not racers: aftermath.site/slow-roads-imp... 1648677
Reposted by Dave Versacetrif @trif26.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Luke Plunkett nails it. So glad I subscribe to aftermath.site You should too.aftermath.siteAftermathVideo games, the internet and what comes after 0499
Reposted by Dave VersaceJess 💖 @jessicajrossana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Millennial bisexuals everywhere arise! The beacons are lit! 231630348
Dave Versace @daveversace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Din't think the better team won on the day, but then again that's not really how this works #aflgf 020
Reposted by Dave Versacemaple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place 7164861221
Reposted by Dave VersaceAlasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 24/09/2026This week has seen a sweaty little fascist livestream knifing a dinghy with an RNLI volunteer still in it because FOREIGN PEOPLE and a lot of the media being very scared to call a sweaty little fascist a sweaty little fascist. So seeing Captain Art Crimes step the fuck up is an absolute joy:) 27324
Reposted by Dave VersaceKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Astro City on Humble Bundle, plus other Buisek-penned books. All 17 volumes of Astro City, which is some berserk value. If you have never had the pleasure, now's your chance.humblebundle.comHumble Comic Bundle: Kurt Busiek's Astro City: The 30th Anniversary by Image ComicsExplore the works of multi‑Eisner and Harvey Award winner Kurt Busiek with the Astero City Bundle by Image Comics! 88831
Reposted by Dave VersaceElf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In a study of doctors in Poland, using an AI for three months, then ceasing to use it, resulted in a 20% loss of skill and accuracy. Cognitive systems are metabolically expensive. When your brain knows there's a substitute, it resents not having access to it.medium.comAI Took Something From Doctors and Nobody Noticed. The Lancet Caught It. Here Is the StoryA landmark study in The Lancet measured what happens to a physician’s diagnostic instincts when the algorithm is switched off. The findings… 115583
Reposted by Dave VersaceJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The worst thing we've done is made fame a middle class job, instead of the toxic runoff of actual accomplishment. 161668342
Reposted by Dave VersaceAnnie Wu @anniewu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Batman Day isn't fun for everybody. Please check on your superstitious and cowardly loved ones today. 01077308
Dave Versace @daveversace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Liberal Part grappling: "We know it will be a disaster but we're completely out of ideas." 000
Reposted by Dave VersaceBex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Ed Sheeran losing openers like a 1990s England cricket team 2041335
Reposted by Dave VersaceAdam Lance Garcia @adamlancegarcia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026@kurtbusiek.bsky.social's Masterpiece, ASTRO CITY, is available on Humble Bundle. This has my *HIGHEST* recommendation. A life-changing series. www.humblebundle.com/books/kurt-b...humblebundle.comHumble Comic Bundle: Kurt Busiek's Astro City: The 30th Anniversary by Image ComicsExplore the works of multi‑Eisner and Harvey Award winner Kurt Busiek with the Astero City Bundle by Image Comics! 0103
Reposted by Dave VersaceGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward 18195021814
Dave Versace @daveversace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is nightmare fuel. Australia as a country has a lot to be ashamed of, but this may well be near the top of the list 040
Reposted by Dave VersaceGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Can someone explain why – in an economy in which the central bank has decided we need almost 700,000 people to be unemployed – those people live in such dreadful poverty that it can make you up to 10 times more likely to die in the prime of your life?" www.theguardian.com/business/gro...theguardian.comIn such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg JerichoLifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives 40459222
Reposted by Dave VersaceDystopian Arthur Wyatt @arthurwyatt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Oh hey want to be intensely angry about some shit for the rest of your life? youtu.be/8BIcAZxFfrc?...youtu.beVaccines and Autism: A Measured ResponseYouTube video by hbomberguy 083
Dave Versace @daveversace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Everyone should read El's book about the demented Silicon Valley tech mythos. Then read it again because on the first pass you won't quite accept it as the thought processes of real people who have a regrettably outsized influence on your survival prospects. 030
Reposted by Dave VersaceElizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 15/09/2026The problem is that "while you weren't looking the tech industry was comprehensively taken over by a cult based around a piece of Harry Potter fanfic" is self-evidently an absolutely ridiculous claim that can't possibly have happened, which is a real problem given that it 100% did happen. 4429431011
Reposted by Dave VersaceTom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A thing about ‘cancelling’ is that honestly I don’t have room for more than three or four bits of knowledge about a lot of famous people and if one of them is “has shitty opinions on something I care a lot about” that’s going to become very salient 4479
Reposted by Dave VersaceEvil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026IN STORES TODAY! Blades '68 shines a bright, electroplasmic light on the grimy streets of Doskvol and spins the timeline forward 100 years. Enter a technicolor world of bold action, shadow conspiracies, and supernatural twists. Pick it up at your FLGS or directly from us: evilhat.com/product/blad... 310738
Reposted by Dave VersaceTea Vampire @stras.bsky.social · 14/09/2026When you write a game you never know who will play it or what it will mean to them. It can be someone's first game. It can be someone's last game. And if you're very very lucky, you'll sometimes get to hear about it. 510725
Reposted by Dave VersaceElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign 24650411565
Reposted by Dave VersacePatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this. 15233969816105
Reposted by Dave VersaceElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116813320
Reposted by Dave VersaceSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way 5544161913
Reposted by Dave Versacethank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just FYI, I will be blocking anyone who mentions watching that stupid fucking wizard show. If you're going to directly enrich a fascist who uses her wealth to persecute trans people, have the decency to be ashamed and keep it to yourself. 112927
Reposted by Dave Versace🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry. 9699573086
Reposted by Dave Versacemariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 01/09/2026AUSSIES... 3162
Reposted by Dave VersaceRob @ausrob.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I’m going to double down here. Any media which paints the Greens as either crazy or hysterical but covers Pauline Hanson as a credible political option should be exiled into political purgatory and is not worthy of anyone’s time. #auspol 15114
Reposted by Dave VersaceKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/09/2026The way you feel when you look at these very real historical advertisements for asbestos is how you should feel when you see fossil fuel advertising of any kind www.completeasbestossurveys.co.uk/vintage-asbe... 46824
Reposted by Dave VersaceDave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'm a millennial (although one of the oldest ones), and I've just started getting targeted things telling me that to prevent my elderly heart from immediately packing in, I should eat more avocados. WELL WELL WELL. 112732
Reposted by Dave VersaceThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 01/09/2026It's time to let the people decide. ✍️ Add your name to the call for a plebiscite on a 25% gas export tax! gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.augas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.auA National Plebiscite for a 25% Gas Export TaxVoters across the political spectrum support a 25% tax on gas exports. So, let's put it to the people. Join the call for a national plebiscite and let Australians decide. 0199
Reposted by Dave VersaceEdward Harrison @edwardnh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comEl Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds“One more warning sign here of what we're facing in a warmer world.”... 514668
Reposted by Dave VersaceFile 770 @file770.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Aussiecon5 Announces Guests of Honor file770.com/aussiecon5-a...file770.comAussiecon5 Announces Guests of HonorAussiecon5, as the Worldcon will be called, will be held in Brisbane, Australia from July 27-31, 2028. The bid was officially seated today when the site selection voting results were reported to th… 0115
Dave Versace @daveversace.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My family were visiting Cairns the night that Dire Straits played on Townsville in 1985, and we went home to Townsville the day they played in Cairns. I continue to be devastated 40 years later. 020
Reposted by Dave VersaceAn Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026There are only two stories that won a Hugo whose screen adaptation also won a Hugo. “All Systems Red” is the second one. The other is “Dune” Congratulations @marthawells.com. 51229216
Reposted by Dave VersaceTW @twesq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026this is gonna upset so many of y’all 241382323
Reposted by Dave VersaceAussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Our Guests of Honour at #AussieCon5.... 21913